Appreciate this is a common enough design, but looking through my few books I can't find an illustrated example showing a coloured base and clear stem - those that I can see have this combination reversed. Height is something like 295mm/11.5/8" - and unfortunately there remains a little water staining even after cleaning. Can't recall now what the base colour was in daylight, but under electric light it shows as a deep and very strong violet. Whilst the flat base has a quality smooth finish, the outer rim where it joins the rest of the base has a very 'seconds' look. Is this clear stem with coloured base unusual, or are there shed loads of them around, and I just haven't seen one. Apart from the original Danish design, think they were only every produced in Sweden (although by several factories). Thanks for looking.

......and I believe yours is a rarity Paul, yours is the only other clear glass 'trumpet' I have seen. It is sometimes known as a bud vase or a Jack in the Pulpit vase as well as Bone vase, so worth looking with these names as well.With a single bloom in, I think the clear trumpet would show the flower off to better effect, whilst the coloured ones would compete for attention....aesthetically speaking.

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thanks again rosie - although I will disagree with you that an alternative name for these swung bone vases is jip. I have always understood that for a piece to qualify as a jip the rim must arranged in a very specifically symmetrical style i.e. the lobes should be.....lowest at the front, with the sides equal in height but higher than the front - and finally the single lobe at the rear is to be higher again. I think we should describe these Swedish pieces simply as 'irregular, pulled rims'. However, I do think that jip vases are one of the most iconic shapes in the world of glass - and if I win the lottery, I shall be at Sotheby's with my 'paddle' and will corner the market in 'Favrille' iridescent examples. And thanks for your faith that my jip is a rarity.

Gosh, a glass botany lesson and all for free......thank you Paul .....I will try to remember all that info, but in the meantime, I think I should explain that what I really meant was that your Bone vase is sometimes referred to as a Jack in the Pulpit (jip) or bud vase, (albeit erroneously!) and so when searching for matches, it helps to look in all those categories.....but I expect you knew all that!! :ooh:

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yes, you may be correct rosie - wasn't there a Readers Digest slogan once that said something like ...'It pays to increase you word power/knowledge'........or some such. So yes, if you were looking for these things then spreading your net wider would give greater results, possibly. But of course this 'over-generalizing is really 'the thin end of the wedge' - and jip pieces are, of course, supposed to be copying the actual flower/plant thingy - so I'm sorry but I really can't subscribe to this kind of abuse of correct terminology . but I expect you knew all that!! - now you're just flattering me. In fact, as I have discovered since frequenting the GMB, I have discovered that I know much less than I thought.However, what makes me smile is this rather erotic euphemism re the use of the appellation 'bone vase'. It may be that to give a name to a thing does not necessarily define it, and in fact it might just do the reverse

I 'may be correct'....surely Paul you realise that I am correct in this contect :angel:.....and yes it does 'Pay to Improve Your Word Power' and thanks to Readers Digest for all the enlightening it has given over the years!! ( We always had a copy in the toilet....Dad used to call them 'Bronco Books'. It was years before I realised the connection with toilets, and assumed he was referring to the fact thet there were a lot of Americanisms in it and they rode their Broncos in the rodeo!!)

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However, what makes me smile is this rather erotic euphemism re the use of the appellation 'bone vase'. It may be that to give a name to a thing does not necessarily define it, and in fact it might just do the reverse'

Paul, I really don't know what you mean I am just a simple nurse. I can cope with a botany lesson, but biology is beyond me! :srn:

I am, throughout all this friendly banter, making a serious endeavour to find more 'Bone' vases with clear trumpets, and I have been known to be quite tenacious. :hi:

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